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1. Jan van Gilse

   Jan van Gilse 1881

   100024 A turbulent life between sword and lyre Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was born in Rotterdam on May 11, 1881, the youngest son of Jan Albert van Gilse and Maria Auguste Höckelmann. He had two …

2. Lex van Delden

   Lex van Delden 1919

   100020 Keen journalist, but above all a composer Lex van Delden was born on September 10, 1919, in Amsterdam's Jewish quarter, on the Recht Boomssloot. His parents, Wolf and Sarah Zwaap, shared a …

3. Wilhelm Rettich

   Wilhelm Rettich 1892

   101240 A Survival Artist He was born in Leipzig in 1892, the son of Isidor Rettich, a merchant and Rosa Idelsohn. His parents wanted him to become a doctor, but he knew early on that music was his …

4. Paul Sanders

   Paul Sanders 1891

   102805 All-round musician and political visionary Paul Florus Sanders was born on December 21, 1891, the son of Rosalie Sanders-Levenbach and Benjamin Sanders, an Amsterdam-based stockbroker. His …

5. Bob Hanf

   Bob Hanf 1894

   100026 Painter, writer, musician Bob Hanf was born in Amsterdam on November 25, 1894. His parents Joseph Hanf and Laura Romberg, assimilated German Jews, were originally from Westphalia and had …

6. Dick Kattenburg

   Dick Kattenburg 1919

   100003 Jazzy melodies by a promising talent Dick Kattenburg was born in Amsterdam on November 11, 1919, the second child of Louis and Heleen Kattenburg. He had an older sister Daisy, and brother Tom …

7. Marjo Tal

   Marjo Tal 1915

   100692 A Vesuvius in music Marjo Tal was born in The Hague on January 15, 1915, the eldest of three daughters in a liberal Jewish family of orthodox origin. Very early on she showed musical talent …

8. Leo Smit

   Leo Smit 1900

   100000 The comfort of blithe notes Leo Smit came from a mixed Sephardic Ashkenazi family. His father, Rephaël Smit, was a wealthy shoe merchant descending from the Ashkenazi Smit family. The other …

9. Géza Frid

   Géza Frid 1904

   100023 That famous Hungarian Dutchman Géza Frid was born on January 25, 1904, in Máramarossziget, a small town in former Hungary (now Rumania). At the age of four, his mother gave him piano lessons, …

10. Reine Colaço-Osorio-Swaab

    Reine Colaço-Osorio-Swaab 1881

    102309 Reintje (Reine) Swaab was born in Amsterdam, Geldersekade; the youngest of five children in a wealthy Jewish family. A servant accompanied her to kindergarten at the nearby Nieuwmarkt. She spent …